• Benign-by-design preparation of iron oxides/humins catalytic nanocomposites 

      Filiciotto, Layla; Balu, Alina M.; Romero, Antonio A.; Rodríguez-Castellón, Enrique; Van der Waal, Jan Cornelis; Luque, Rafael (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2017)
      The current acid-catalyzed conversion of biomass feedstocks yields substantial quantities of undesired by-products called humins, for which applications are yet to be found. This work aims to provide a starting point for ...
    • Catalytic insights into the production of biomass-derived side products methyl levulinate, furfural and humins 

      Filiciotto, Layla; Balu, Alina M.; Van der Waal, Jan Cornelis; Luque, Rafael (Elsevier, 2017)
      Biomass conversion into useful chemicals, materials and fuels emerged as a promising alternative toward replacing the current production of most of these commodities and specialty products from petroleum feedstocks. ...
    • Towards the photophysical studies of humin by-products 

      Filiciotto, Layla; Miguel, Gustavo de; Balu, Alina M.; Romero, Antonio A.; Van der Waal, Jan Cornelis; Luque, Rafael (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2017)
      Biomass conversion into chemicals, materials and fuels emerged in the past decade as the most promising alternative to the current petroleum-based industry. However, the chemocatalytic conversion of biomass and bio-derived ...